Method of making a food product



ug- 10, 1937. H. E. MEILSTRUP 2,089,396

METHOD 0F MAKING A FOOD PRODUCT Filed April 22, 1936 ATTORNEY PatentedAug. 10, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a method of making a food product and moreespecially doughnuts. An object of the invention is to provide a methodof making a new food product consisting in cutting and folding doughsubstance or material into fanciful configuration with resultant neatand attractive form to the product when baked or cooked.

Another object of the invention is to provide a method of making a foodproduct consisting in cutting and shaping or folding dough material foreffecting a definite and fanciful shape thereto and at the same timeenabling all surfaces to be baked and thus avoiding staleness in thenished product.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of thecutter constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a finished product cut by thedevice and subsequently shaped into permanent form.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device 3o comprises a loophandle I0 made fast to a flat plate-like deck I I preferably at thecenter of the latter and from the working side of this deck projectseries of cutting blades I2 and I3, respectively. The blades of eachseries are arranged 35 in spaced parallel relation to each other anddiagonally disposed, that is the blades oi' one series being reversed tothe blades of the other series so that these blades criss-cross eachother and are united at their inner sections with one (Cl. IWI- 54)another so as to provide preferably diamond shaped cavities I4 walled onall sides of each by the blades whereby in the use of the devicecorresponding shaped sections of dough I5 can be cut by the blades froma strip or sheet of dough mate- 5 rial for the formation of doughnuts.It is, of course, understood that the shape of the cavities I4 can bevaried in conformity with the particular configuration of articledesired, although it is preferable to have the article of diamond shape10 in the finished product.

Located at the longitudinal center of each cavity I4 is a short lengthstraight cutter I6 which functions to provide a slot in the section ofdough I5 when cut by the device so that opposite corners 15 I'I of thissection I5 can be rolled inwardly and tucked within the slit or slot I8provided therein by the cutter I6. In this manner the finished productwill have the appearance as is clearly shown in Figure 4 of the drawingby full lines 20 while the dotted lines are indicative of the section ofdough cut by the device prior to the rolling thereof at the oppositecorners I'I of the same. Now by producing an article from dough of thecharacter just referred to all surfaces of the 25 dough will be exposedto permit thorough baking of such article and also preserving it toavoid staleness resultant from the baking of the exposed surfaces ofsuch article.

What is claimed is:

A method of making a doughnut consisting in cutting a piece of doughinto shape and slotting the same within its border and then turning thepiece on itself at opposite points and training the turned portions intosaid slots for exposing to a frying agent a maximum amount of surface ofsaid piece.

HERBERT E. MEILSTRUP.

